It applies here in Florida too. In the last 7 years the commissioners here in Sarasota county have approved so many new housing units off the 2 most heavily traveled roads off I-75 (Fruitville Road and Bee Ridge Road). These housing units are mainly apartments so the density is very high. There has been no infrastructure improvements for the last 20 years so what used to take 15 minutes is now a 40 minute commute. Commissioners approve stuff only because there is money in someone's pocket and the commission looks only at the increase to the tax base without considering the associated costs. It seems like this mentality is rampant everywhere